Luke’s Gospel is sometimes called “the Gospel of Prayer” because in it Jesus prays at the most important moments in his life and because it contains two substantial instructions devoted to Jesus’ ...

In the parable of the unjust judge and the widow, Jesus pits the most powerful figure in society against the weakest to show that persistence will out, especially in prayer. The arrogance of the judge ...

I have to confess at the start that the parable of the persistent widow baffles me. It raises more questions than it answers. Are we really expected to pester God in prayer the way the widow pesters ...

I say this with two Bible stories in mind. One involves a blind man, who’s sitting along a wayside as Jesus and a crowd of people pass by. When he discovers Christ is near, the man calls out. People ...